The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra has announced a concert featuring the world premiere performance of Academy Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino‘s original score for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek performed live to projection. The orchestra has collaborated with Giacchino and Paramount Pictures to arrange the score from the 2009 hit sci-fi film for a concert version performed […]
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Live to Projection Concerts of Michael Giacchino’s ‘Star Trek’ Score Announced
Posted: December 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: 21st Century Symphony Orchestra, J.J. Abrams, Michael Giacchino, Patrick Doyle, Star Trek
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‘Person of Interest’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 18, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: J.J. Abrams, Person of Interest, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the CBS drama Person of Interest. The album features selections from the score from the show’s first season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Game of Thrones) and performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony. Also included is the series’ main titles theme composed by […]
Christopher Lennertz to Score Seth Gordon’s ‘Identity Thief’ and Eric Kripke’s & J.J. Abrams’ ‘Revolution’
Posted: March 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Lennertz, Eric Kripke, Identity Theft, Identity Thief, J.J. Abrams, Revolution, Seth Gordon
Christopher Lennertz has signed on to score the upcoming action comedy Identity Thief (aka Identity Theft). The movie is directed by Seth Gordon who previously collaborated with the composer on last summer’s comedy hit Horrible Bosses. Identity Thief stars Melissa McCarthy who steals the identity of a man played by Jason Bateman. Steven Conrad (The […]
Michael Giacchino’s ‘Super 8’ Soundtrack in Concert
Posted: January 13, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: J.J. Abrams, Michael Giacchino, Super 8
Last weekend, Michael Giacchino conducted a concert on the roof of J.J. Abrams’ production company Bad Robot. The scores performed include the Bad Robots productions Super 8, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Star Trek and the TV show Lost. David Poland from Movie City News has published a video of the performance of the Super 8 […]
Michael Giacchino to Return for ‘Star Trek’ Sequel
Posted: November 24, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: J.J. Abrams, John Carter, Michael Giacchino, Star Trek, Star Trek 2
ComingSoon.net is reporting that Michael Giacchino has confirmed that he will be returning to score the upcoming (currently untitled) Star Trek sequel. The assignment was expected as the composer has previously scored all of director J.J. Abrams’ previous movies, including the first Star Trek film in 2009. All primary cast members are expected to return […]
Michael Giacchino and Andrea Datzman to Score Fox’s ‘Alcatraz’
Posted: August 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alcatraz, Andrea Datzman, Fox, J.J. Abrams, Michael Giacchino, Prep & Landing
According to Music by Michael Giacchino, the composer has recently recorded music for the pilot of the new FOX drama Alcatraz. While Giacchino is scoring the pilot, Andrea Datzman will be writing the music for the rest of the season. Datzman previously co-scored last year’s J.J. Abrams-produced NBC drama Undercovers with Chris Tilton after Giacchino […]
Ramin Djawadi to Score ‘Person of Interest’
Posted: July 26, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Nolan, Person of Interest, Ramin Djawadi
Ramin Djawadi has signed on to score the new CBS series Person of Interest. The show is created by Christopher Nolan’s brother Jonathan (co-writer of The Dark Knight and The Prestige) and centers on a presumed dead former-CIA agent who teams up with a mysterious billionaire to prevent violent crimes by using their own brand […]
Michael Giacchino & J.J. Abrams – Full Conversation
Posted: June 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: J.J. Abrams, Michael Giacchino
UCLA’s Hammer Museum has published the full conversation between Michael Giacchino and director J.J. Abrams that took place on June 12 as previously reported on this page. Check out the almost 90 minutes video after the jump. Giacchino and Abrams talk about their influences, their working process, how they first met and started working together […]
Michael Giacchino & J.J. Abrams: A Conversation
Posted: June 13, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Alias, J.J. Abrams, Lost, Michael Giacchino, Super 8
Yesterday afternoon, Michael Giacchino and J.J. Abrams took part in a discussion of the movie industry and their work together at UCLA’s Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. I Heart Woo has uploaded a video of almost 10 minutes from the event. During the conversation, Giacchino and Abrams talk about the director/composer relationship, the composer’s work […]
